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- Title
ORTHOTHANASIA AND DYSTHANASIA: PERCEPTION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS OF AN INTENSIVE CARE.
- Authors
Porto Gois dos Santos, Farah Pitanga; Comassetto, Isabel; Cavalcante Porciúncula, Anne Isadora; dos Santos, Regina Maria; Soares Ferreira, Fabiana Andrea; Nogueira de Magalhães, Ana Paula
- Abstract
Research involving the process of death regarding dysthanasia, which is defined as therapeutic obstinacy practiced with the aim to postpone death, and Orthothanasia, which is death in its natural process, without further treatment. The study aimed to recognize the perception that professionals of the health team working in an intensive care unit have about situations of Orthothanasia and Dysthanasia. The study was conducted in a university hospital. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 25 health professionals and submitted to thematic content analysis. Three related categories emerged: Seizing Orthothanasia and Dysthanasia; Realizing the decision-making context; Pondering Orthothanasia and Dysthanasia in the finitude of life. The perception of health professionals regarding Orthothanasia and Dysthanasia requires discussions that consider the ethical concepts involved in interventions adopted in the process of death in order to provide basis to the multidisciplinary team, family and patients in decision making at the end of life.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; DEATH &; ethics; PASSIVE euthanasia; ACADEMIC medical centers; ATTITUDE (Psychology); INTENSIVE care units; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL personnel; PROFESSIONAL ethics; QUALITATIVE research; ETHICS
- Publication
Ciencia, Cuidado e Saude, 2016, Vol 15, Issue 2, p288
- ISSN
1677-3861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v15i2.27984